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Sony Masterworks

Best Of Philip Glass

$19.99

Details

Composer
GLASS, PHILIP
Artist
Glass Philip
Format
CD
Label
Sony Masterworks
Released
Sep 15, 2011
Catalog #
SONY705119
UPC
886970511926

About

2007 issued double CD anthology of recordings by one the most influential classical composers of the 20th Century commemorating his 70th birthday.

Tracks:
1. GLASS, PHILIP - LIGHTING
2. GLASS, PHILIP - FACADES
3. GLASS, PHILIP - EVENING SONG
4. GLASS, PHILIP - A GENTLEMAN'S HONOR
5. GLASS, PHILIP - HYMN TO THE SUN
6. GLASS, PHILIP - METAMORPHOSIS FOUR
7. GLASS, PHILIP - OPEN THE KINGDOM
8. GLASS, PHILIP - DANCE II
9. GLASS, PHILIP - GLASSPIECE NO. 1
10. GLASS, PHILIP - CHANGING OPINION
11. GLASS, PHILIP - OPENING
12. GLASS, PHILIP - FLOE
13. GLASS, PHILIP - KNEE PLAY
14. GLASS, PHILIP - FUNERAL FO AMENHOTEP
15. GLASS, PHILIP - WICHITA SUTRA VORTEX
16. GLASS, PHILIP - FORGETTING
17. GLASS, PHILIP - DANCE IX
18. GLASS, PHILIP - DAM

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Songs from Liquid Days: No. 4. Lightning 06:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    Songs from Liquid Days: No. 4. Lightning
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Performer
    Janice Pendarvis
    Ensemble
    Philip Glass Ensemble
    Conductor
    Michael Riesman
  3. 2 Facades 07:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    Facades
    Duration
    07:19
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Philip Glass Ensemble
    Conductor
    Michael Riesman
  4. 3 Satyagraha, Act III: Evening Song 04:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    Satyagraha, Act III: Evening Song
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Performer
    Douglas Perry
    Ensemble
    New York City Opera Chorus, New York City Opera Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christopher Keene
  5. 4 The Photographer, Act I: A Gentleman's Honor 03:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    The Photographer, Act I: A Gentleman's Honor
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Philip Glass Ensemble
    Conductor
    Michael Riesman
  6. 5 Akhnaten, Act II: Hymn to the Sun 06:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    Akhnaten, Act II: Hymn to the Sun
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Performer
    Paul Esswood
    Ensemble
    Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart
    Conductor
    Dennis Russell Davies
  7. 6 Metamorphosis IV 07:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    Metamorphosis IV
    Duration
    07:01
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Performer
    Philip Glass
  8. 7 Songs from Liquid Days: No. 6. Open the Kingdom 07:00
    Track
    7
    Title
    Songs from Liquid Days: No. 6. Open the Kingdom
    Duration
    07:00
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Performer
    Douglas Perry
    Ensemble
    Philip Glass Ensemble
    Conductor
    Michael Riesman
  9. 8 In the Upper Room: Dance II 05:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    In the Upper Room: Dance II
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Philip Glass Ensemble
    Conductor
    Michael Riesman
  10. 9 Glassworks: No. 1. Rubic 06:03
    Track
    9
    Title
    Glassworks: No. 1. Rubic
    Duration
    06:03
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Philip Glass Ensemble
    Conductor
    Michael Riesman
  11. 10 Songs from Liquid Days: No. 1. Changing Opinion 10:00
    Track
    10
    Title
    Songs from Liquid Days: No. 1. Changing Opinion
    Duration
    10:00
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Performer
    Bernard Fowler
    Ensemble
    Philip Glass Ensemble
    Conductor
    Michael Riesman
  12. Disc 2
  13. 1 Opening 06:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    Opening
    Duration
    06:25
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Philip Glass Ensemble
    Conductor
    Michael Riesman
  14. 2 Floe 05:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    Floe
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Philip Glass Ensemble
    Conductor
    Michael Riesman
  15. 3 Einstein on the Beach, Act I: Knee 1 03:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    Einstein on the Beach, Act I: Knee 1
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Performer
    Mark Jacoby
    Ensemble
    Philip Glass Ensemble
    Conductor
    Michael Riesman
  16. 4 Akhnaten, Act I: Funeral of Amenhotep III 09:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    Akhnaten, Act I: Funeral of Amenhotep III
    Duration
    09:00
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Performer
    Helmut Holzapfel
    Ensemble
    Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart
    Conductor
    Dennis Russell Davies
  17. 5 Wichita Vortex Sutra 06:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    Wichita Vortex Sutra
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Performer
    Philip Glass
  18. 6 Songs from Liquid Days: No. 2. Forgetting 08:08
    Track
    6
    Title
    Songs from Liquid Days: No. 2. Forgetting
    Duration
    08:08
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Performer
    Linda Ronstadt
    Ensemble
    Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass Ensemble
    Conductor
    Michael Riesman
  19. 7 In the Upper Room: Dance IX 08:09
    Track
    7
    Title
    In the Upper Room: Dance IX
    Duration
    08:09
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Philip Glass Ensemble
    Conductor
    Michael Riesman
  20. 8 Itaipu: III. The Dam 11:49
    Track
    8
    Title
    Itaipu: III. The Dam
    Duration
    11:49
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Robert Shaw